Headlines for October 12, 2020

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Cardinal Pell meets with Pontiff
 In TED talk, Pope demands action on climate change
 Court upholds NY governor’s limits on churches; Brooklyn bishop says fight isn’t over
 Infuriated New Orleans archbishop ordered burning of altar following priest’s obscene actions
 God invites everyone to the wedding banquet, Pope tells pilgrims
 Pope Francis invites people of our time to rediscover Dante’s Divine Comedy
 Mexican president asks Pope Francis for conquest apology
 Papal encouragement for peace in Caucasus region
 Papal anti-racist message follows letter from black Brazilian clergy
 Carlo Acutis, Italian teenager, beatified
 Poland rejects international criticism over LGBT issues
 Papal prayer for victims of wildfires in North, South America
 Pope Francis doesn’t propose ‘welfarism,’ says close papal advisor
 Bishop: Francis expressed ‘dramatic concern’ over Germany’s ‘synodal path’
 Niger: kidnapped priest released after two years
 Irish archbishops ask government to allow return to Mass
 Irish schools to eliminate Catholic content, symbols
 Researchers examine tomb of saintly Danish king

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Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Junípero Serra, Priest (USA)

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Today the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for…

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